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Wireless Sensor Networks


Book / Book Chapter

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou, and Ning Li, Yi Pan and Yang Xiao (Ed), Power management and control in wireless networks, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Nova Science Publishers, 2006.

  • Jennifer C. Hou, Ivan Stojmenovic, and Ning Li, Ivan Stojmenovic (Ed), Topology construction and maintenance in sensor networks, Handbook of Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Architectures, pp. 311-342, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

  • Wei-Peng Chen and Jennifer C. Hou, Ivan Stojmenovic (Ed), Data gathering and fusion in sensor networks, Handbook of Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Architectures, pp. 493-526, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Ding-Zhu Du, Maggie Cheng and Yingshu Li (Eds), Topology control in wireless sensor networks, Combinatorial Optimization in Communication Networks, Springer Publishers, 2006.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Jie Wu (Ed), Maintaining sensing coverage and connectivity in large sensor networks, Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless and Peer-to-Peer Network, chapter 28, pp. 452-475, Auerbach Publication, 2006.

  • Jennifer C. Hou, Yong Yang, David Yau, I-Hong Hou, Mallikarjun Shankar and Nagi Rao, Sensor placement in realistic environments: theory and practice, Handbook of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks,, Springer-Verlag (London), 2007 .

  • Jennifer C. Hou and Honghai Zhang, An in-depth study on fundamental limits of wireless sensor networks, Algorithm and Protocols for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, A. Boukerche (Ed.), Wiley & Sons, 2007 .


    Journal / Magazine

  • John A. Stankovic, Tarek Abdelzaher, Chenyang Lu, Lui Sha, and Chao-Ju Hou, Real-time communication and coordination in embedded sensor nets, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 91, num. 7, July 2003.

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Dynamic clustering for acoustic target tracking in wireless sensor networks, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, Special issue self-reconfiguring in sensor networks, vol. 3, num. 3, July-September 2004. pdf

  • Paul Havinga, Jennifer C. Hou, Mani Srivastava, and Feng Zhao, Wireless Sensor Networks: Challenges and Opportunities, Editorial for the special issue of wireless sensor networks in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 11, num. 6, pp. 4-5, December 2004.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Maintaining sensing coverage and connectivity in large sensor networks, Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: An International Journal, vol. 1, num. 1-2, pp. 89-123, January 2005.

  • Ning Li, Jennifer C. Hou and Lui Sha, Design and analysis of a MST-based distributed topology control algorithm for wireless ad-hoc networks, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, num. 3, pp. 1195-1207, May 2005.

  • Chunyu Hu and Jennifer C. Hou, A link-indexed statistical traffic prediction approach to improving IEEE 802.11 PSM, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, special Issue on Data communication and topology control in ad hoc networks, vol. 3, num. 5, pp. 529-545, September 2005.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On deriving the upper bound of alpha-lifetime for large sensor networks, ACM Trans. on Sensor Networks, vol. 1, num. 2, pp. 272-300, November 2005.

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Localized topology control algorithms for heterogeneous wireless networks, IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, vol. 13, num. 6, pp. 1313-1324, December 2005.

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, A scalable, power-efficient broadcast algorithm for wireless networks, ACM Wireless Networks (WINET), vol. 12, num. 4, pp. 495-509, August 2006.

  • Fan Ye, Honghai Zhang, Songwu Lu, Lixia Zhang, and Jennifer C. Hou, A randomized energy-conservation protocol for resilient sensor networks, ACM Wireless Network (WINET), vol. 12, num. 5, pp. 637-652, October 2006.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, An algorithm for maximizing alpha-lifetime for wireless sensor networks, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), vol. 1, num. 1/2, pp. 64-71, June 2006 (invited).

  • Guanghui He and Jennifer C. Hou, Tracking targets with quality in wireless sensor networks, ACM Trans. on Sensor Networks, to appear, accepted in April 2007.

  • Hyuk Lim, Jennifer C. Hou, Mallikarjun Shankar and Nagi Rao, Localization in wireless sensor networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, special issue of Distributed Systems of Sensors and Actuators, to appear in the first quarter of 2008.


    Conference Paper

  • Ning Li, Chao-Ju Hou, and Lui Sha, Design and analysis of a MST-based topology control algorithm, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2003, April 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~20.5%)

  • Qixin Wang, Wei-Peng Chen, Rong Zheng, Kihwal Lee and Lui Sha, Acoustic Tracking Using Wireless Sensors, in Proc. of IPSN'03, April 2003.

  • Rong Zheng, Chao-Ju Hou, and Lui Sha, Asynchronous wakeup for ad hoc networks, in Proc. of ACM MobiHoc 2003, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~15%)

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Chao-Ju Hou, and Lui Sha, Dynamic clustering for acoustic target tracking in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Network Protocols, November 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~15%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Maintaining sensing coverage and connectivity in large sensor networks, in Proc. of NSF International Workshop on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, February 2004. (note: (invited paper))

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Topology control in heterogeneous wireless networks: problems and solutions, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2004, March 2004. (note: acceptance ratio = ~18%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Chao-Ju Hou, On deriving the upper bound of \alpha-lifetime for large sensor networks, in Proc. of ACM Mobihoc 2004, June 2004. (note: acceptance ratio = ~15%)

  • Wei-Peng Chen and Lui Sha, An energy-aware data-centric generic utility based approach in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. of 3rd ACM/IEEE Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), April 2004.

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, FLSS: a fault-tolerant topology control algorithm for wireless networks, in Proc. of ACM Mobicom, September 2004. (note: acceptance ratio = ~9%)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, BLMST: A Decentralized, Power-Efficient Broadcast Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proc. of IEEE QShine, October 2004. (note: invited paper, forwarded to WINET for fast track publication)

  • Rong Zheng, Guanghui He, Indranil Gupta, and Lui Sha, Time-Indexed Storage in Sensor Networks, in Proc. of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 04), October 2004.

  • Srikanth Kandula, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, The case for resource heterogeneity in large sensor networks, in Proc. of IEEE Milcom 2004, November 2004. (note: invited paper)

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, On time-out driven power management policies in wireless networks, in Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2004, December 2004. (note: acceptance ratio = ~30%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On the critical total power for asymptotic k-connectivity in wireless networks, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, Florida, March 2005. (note: acceptance ratio = ~17%)

  • Hyuk Lim and Jennifer C. Hou, Localization for anisotropic sensor networks, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, Florida, March 2005. (note: acceptance ratio = ~17%)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving connectivity of wireless ad-hoc networks, in Proc. of ACM 2nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2005), July 2005. (note: acceptance ratio = ~28%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Maximizing \alpha-Lifetime for Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proc. of Third Int'l Workshop on Measurement, Modelling, and Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks (SenMetrics 2005), July 2005. (note: invited paper)

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Jennifer C. Hou, Lui Sha, and Marco Caccamo, A distributed, energy-aware, utility-based approach for data transport in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. of IEEE Milcom, October 2005. (note: invited paper)

  • Guanghui He and Jennifer C. Hou, Tracking targets with quality in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Network Protocols (ICNP'05), November 2005. (note: acceptance ratio = ~15%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Is deterministic deployment worse than random deployment for wireless sensor networks?, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2006, March 2006 (acceptance rate = 18%).

  • David K. Y. Yau, Jennifer C. Hou, Shankar Mallikarjun, and Nagi Rao, An experimental network testbed for radiational plume detection and tracking, in Proc. of Proc. Int'l Symp. on Innovations and Real-time Applications of Distributed Sensor Networks, October 2006 (invited).

  • J. C. Chin, I-Hong Hou, Jennifer C. Hou, Chris Ma, Nagi Rao, Mobit Saxena, Mallikarjun Shankar, Yong Yang, and David K. Y. Yau, A sensor-cyber network testbed for plume detection, identification, and tracking, in Proc. of Proc. ACM Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), April 2007 (demo paper).


    Technical Report

  • Rong Zheng, Chao-Ju Hou, and Lui Sha, Asynchronous wakeup for ad hoc networks: theory and protocol design, UIUCDCS-R-2002-2301, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002. (note: publsihed in ACM Mobihoc 2004)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, BLMST: A Scalable, Power-Efficient Broadcast Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2003-2349, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2003. (note: published in Proc. of QSHINE 2004)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Maintaining Sensing Coverage and Connectivity in Large Sensor Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2003-2351, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 2003. (note: published in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: An International Journal, Vol 1, num 1-2, 2005)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Design and Analysis of an MST-Based Topology Control Algorithm, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2003-2372, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2003. (note: published in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2003)

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou and Lui Sha, Modeling Power Management Policies in Wireless Networks, UIUCDCS-R-2003-2354, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003. (note: published in IEEE Globecom 2004)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On Deriving the Upper Bound of \alpha-Lifetime for Large Sensor Network, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2410, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2004. (note: published in ACM Mobihoc 2004, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 2005)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Topology Control in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: Problems and Solutions, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2412, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2004. (note: published in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2004)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, FLSS: A Fault-Tolerant Topology Control Algorithm for Wireless Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2426, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2004. (note: published in Proc. of IEEE MOBICOM 2004)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On the Critical Total Power for Asymptotic k-Connectivity in Wireless Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2454, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2004. (note: published in IEEE Infocom 2005)

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Jennifer C. Hou, Lui Sha, and Marco Caccamo, A Distributed, Energy-aware, Utility-based Approach for Data Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2455, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2004. (note: published in Milcom 2005)

  • Rong Zheng, Guanghui He, Indranil Gupta, Jennifer C. Hou and Lui Sha, Time-Indexing in Sensor Networks, UIUCDCS-R-2004-2429, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. (note: published in ACM Trans. on Sensor Networks, 2006.)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Topology control in heterogeneous wireless networks: problems and solutions, UIUCDCS-R-2004-2412, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. (note: published in IEEE INFOCOM 2004)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On deriving the upper bound of \alpha-lifetime for large sensor networks, UIUCDCS-R-2004-2410, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. (note: published in ACM Mobihoc 2004)

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving Connectivity of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2485, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2004. (note: published in Proc. of MobiQuitous 2005)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On the Asymptotic Minimum Energy Required to Transport Packets in Wireless Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2548, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2005.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Is Deterministic Deployment Worse than Random Deployment for Wireless Sensor Networks?, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2549, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2005. (note: a shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2006)

  • Hyuk Lim and Jennifer C. Hou, Distributed Localization for Anisotropic Sensor Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2628, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2005. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2006)

  • Yong Yang, I-Hong Hou, Jennifer C. Hou, Mallikarjun Shankar, and Nagi Rao, Sensor Placement Revisited in a Realistic Environment, UIUCDCS-R-2007-2840, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, April 2007.


    Demo and Exhibition

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Jennifer C. Hou, Lu-Chuan Kung, Ning Li, Hyuk Lim, Hung-Ying Tyan, and Honghai Zhang, Future Combat System (FCS) demo using J-Sim, IEEE Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Berkeley, CA, April 2004.

  • J. C. Chin, I-Hong Hou, Jennifer C. Hou, Chris Ma, Nagi Rao, Mobit Saxena, Mallikarjun Shankar, Yong Yang, and David K. Y. Yau, A sensor-cyber network testbed for plume detection, identification, and tracking, Proc. ACM Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Boston, MA, April 2007.

  • J. C. Chin, I-Hong Hou, Jennifer C. Hou, Chris Ma, Nagi Rao, Mobit Saxena, Mallikarjun Shankar, Yong Yang, and David K. Y. Yau, A sensor-cyber network testbed for plume detection, identification, and tracking, IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.


    Ph.D. Thesis

  • Rong Zheng, Design, analysis and empirical evaluation of power management in multi-hop wireless networks, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004.

  • Wei-Peng Chem, A data-quality driven framework for information dissemination in wireless sensor networks, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2004.

  • Ning Li, Topology control for multi-hop wireless networks, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2005.

  • Honghai Zhang, An understanding of fundamental performance limits in wireless sensor networks, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2005.


    Master's Thesis

  • Srikanth Kandula, A case for resource heterogeneity in large sensor networks, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003.


    Manuscripts Submitted for Conference Presentation

  • Yong Yang, I-Hong Hou, Jennifer C. Hou, Mallikarjun Shankar, and Nagi Rao, Sensor Placement Revisited in a Realistic Environment, ACM Sensys 2007, 2007.

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